Rescue

Definition

rescue /'reskju:/ v ~ sb/ sth (from sth/ sb) ကယ္သည္။ ကယ္ဆယ္သည္။ ကယ္တင္သည္။ ကယ္မသည္။ rescue sb from drowning/ a fire/ bankruptcy ❍ You rescued me from an embarrassing situa- tion. ❍ The house was rescued from demolition. ❍ Police rescued the hostages. n (က) [U] ကယ္ဆယ္ေရး။ ကယ္တင္ေရး။ ကယ္မျခင္း။ a rescue party/ attempt/ operation ❍ A wealthy sponsor came to their rescue with a generous donation. (ခ) [C] ကယ္ဆယ္ျခင္း။ Ten fishermen were saved in a daring sea rescue off the Welsh coast. ❏ rescuer n ကယ္ဆယ္သူ။ ကယ္မသူ။

Examples

1. The crew of the tanker were rescued just minutes before it sank in heavy seas.
2. [rescue someone from something] : He had been trying to rescue a young woman from an arranged marriage to an elderly relative.
3. An attempt to rescue the peace process
4. [rescue something from something] : She won praise for rescuing an ailing business from near bankruptcy.
5. Rescuers searched the rubble for survivors.